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Surname: BEARD
Forename(s): Richard William
Place of Birth: Embsay, Yorkshire
Service No: 57215
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-01-22
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. F. 44.
CWGC Cemetery: LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Richard William Beard was the son of Sampson and Annie Maria Beard, née Houlding. Sampson was born at Ferryhill, Co. Durham and Annie at Leeds, Yorkshire. The British Army Service Record for Sampson exists but may be incomplete. He is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): Pte S. Beard.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 9, Mount Pleasant - Richard W. Beard, aged 3 years, born Embsay, Yorkshire, son of Sampson and Annie M. Beard.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 12, King Street - Richard William Beard, aged 13 years, born Embsay, Yorkshire, son of Sampson and Annie Maria Beard.
The British Army Service Record for Richard William Beard exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Richard W. Beard, 57215, W. York. R. Dec'd.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Richard Wm. Beard, 57215, 10th W. York. R. Deceased 22.1.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Richard William Beard, 57215, 10th Bn W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 22.1.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Sampson. £10 1s. 1d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Richard. Name(s) on card(s): Miss Annie May Beard. Relationship: Sister. Address: 1, Carrs Yard, Skipton.
A short biography of Richard is included in: ‘Though lost to sight to memory ever dear – Embsay-with-Eastby First World War Roll of Honour’ by Jane Lunnon, David Turner, Chris Lunnon (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
BEARD, R.W., R.C., aged 19, son of Pte. S. Beard, and grandson of Mrs. Brayshaw, 1 Carr’s Yard, Skipton, died in France, Jan. 22, 1918.
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Private Richard William BEARD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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01 February 1918
BEARD - January 22nd, 1918, in No 7 General Hospital, France, Private Richard Wm. Beard, of the Royal Flying Corps, son of Private Sampson Beard, formerly of 1, Carr's Yard, Newmarket Street, Skipton, aged 19 years.
01 February 1918
SKIPTON SOLDIER'S DEATH IN HOSPITAL - PRIVATE RICHARD WM. BEARD
News was received from the Records Office, York, on Friday, of the death on January 22nd in No. 7 General Hospital, France, of Private Richard William Beard, son of Private Sampson Beard, who for several years had lived with his grandmother, Mrs. Brayshaw, 1, Carr's Yard, Newmarket Street, Skipton. Nineteen years of age, deceased joined the West Yorkshire Regiment in June last and was sent to the Front about two months ago. He had since been transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, but owing to illness had not been able to take up his new duties. Previously he had worked at Belle Vue Mills, and in the dye house at Park Shed, Skipton, and had been associated with the Bull Dog Scouts and the local Cadet Corps. Private Sampson Beard, who is now on home service in Staffordshire, has served nine months in France, and another son, Private George Clark Beard, West Yorkshire Regiment, is also at the Front.
24 January 1919
BEARD - In loving memory of our dear son, Private Richard William Beard, who died in France,
February 22nd, 1918, in his 19th year.
We little thought his time so short
In this world to remain;
We have lost, but Heaven has gained
One of the best this world contained.
From Father and Mother, Sisters and Brothers, 17 Watson Houses, Skipton.
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01 February 1918
BEARD - On Jan. 22nd, at 7th General Hospital, France, Pte. R.W. Beard, of the R.F.C., son of Pte. S. Beard, and grandson of Mrs. Brayshaw, 1, Carr's Yard, Skipton, aged 19.
01 February 1918
SKIPTON
DEATH OF PRIVATE RICHARD W. BEARD
Official information was received from the Infantry Records Office, York. that Pte. Richard William Beard, of the Royal Flying Corps, son of Pte. Sampson Beard, Skipton, now serving ----- Staffordshire, and grandson of Mrs. Brayshaw, of 1, Carr's Yard, Newmarket Street, Skipton, had died in the 7th General Hospital, France, on January 22nd. Pte. Beard, who was 19 years of age, enlisted in June, 1917, in the West Yorkshire Regiment, but was later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He had only been out in France about two months. Deceased prior to enlisting was employed as a dyer at Messrs. J. Wilkinson's, Park Shed, Skipton, and previously at Belle Vue Mills. He was a member of the Skipton Bull Dogs Troop of Boy Scouts, and also a member of the local Cadet Corps. Another brother, Pte. George Clark Beard, is at present serving in France with the West Yorkshire Regiment.
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